Car-window sash.



UNITnD STATES I31n`iv,`AIu,i4 T. ROBINSON, or ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI,ASSIGROR fro-.ST

OAR COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION vs CAR-WINDOW SASH.

Patented Jan. 29. 1907.

provide a pocket, and in said pocket is' seated I vcity of St. Louis,inthe State of Missouri, .have invented certain new and .usefulIniprovements in Car-Vindow Sashes, of which the followin is a full,clear, and exact description, re erence being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification.

Myinvention relates to a sash more particularly intended for street-carwindows, the improvement, briefly stated, `onsisting of u per and lowersash-rails of metal, prefera ly pressed steel, as distinguished fromsuch rails as usually constructed of wood.

The invention further relates to the provision of wood fillers withinsaid upper and lower rails and sash-lifts positioned in the metal rails.

Figure I is an elevation of my sash, partly broken out and looking atthe outer side thereof. Fig. II is a vertical section taken on' line IIII, Fig. I. Fig. vIII is an elevation of fragments of the sash at thecenter thereof, partly brokenout and looking at the inner side of thesash. Fig. lIV is avertical section taken on line IV. IV, Fig. III. Fig.V is a view, partly in elevationand partly in vertical section, of oneof the lower corners of the sash.

1 designates a pane of glass, which constitutes the transparent portionof my sash,

and 2 are the sash-Stiles in which the pane 1 is seated. These Stilesare preferably of wood.

34 designates the upper rail of the sash, which is of sheet metal,preferably pressed steel, and which is secured to the upper ends of theStiles 2 by screws 4 or other suitable means of fastening. At the outerside of the sheet-metal upper rail is an inturned flange 5, that extendsinwardly from the lower edge of the rail toward the glass pane 1 andserves as a deflector to direct rain in a downward course onto the glasspane instead of permitting it to enter the sash abovethe glass pane.

Within the sheet-metal upper rail is a wooden filler-strip 6, thatextends longitudinally through the rail. At the longitudinal center ofthe rail and the filler-strip these parts are cutout from the inner sideof the sash to a sash-lift 7. This sash-lift is made of considerabledepth in order to provide ample finger-space for a persons hand, so thatthe fingers may be introduced thereinto in raising and lowering thesash.

8 designates a lower rail of sheet metal, preferably pressed steel,which isl secured to the lower ends of the Stiles 2 by screws 9 or othersuitable means of fastening. At the outer side of the sheet-metal rail 8and extending inwardly froin its up er edge is a flange 10, that servesas a deiiector to shed rain downwardly Onto the lower rail and also toreceive water iiowing downwardly on the glass pane 1 and shed ittherefrom onto said lower rail.

llis a wooden filler-strip extending longitudinally through the.sheet-metal lower rail between the lower ends of the Stiles 2. The innerportion of the sheet-metal lower rail and the wooden filler-strip arecut out, as seen in Fig. IV, to provide a pocket for the reception of asash-lift 12, that is of considerable depth to accommodate the freeintroduction of the fingers of a persons hand in grasping the lift. Atthe ends of the sheetmetal lower rail are upturned arms 8', (see Fig.V,) which are bent'at ri ht angles to the bottom of the rail and fitteto the edges of the Stiles 2 at their lower ends, to which they aresecured by screws 8a or other suitable means or fastening.

13 is an elastic cushion-strip secured to the lower side of the lowerrail 8, which serves to relieve jar upon the sash when it is loweredinto the usual pocket in a street-railway car.

The glass pane 1 is surrounded by a channel cushion-strip 14, preferablyof rubber, and this cushion-strip, together with the pane, is held inposition within the sash Stiles and rails by bead-strips 15, that restagainst the cushion-strip, as most clearly seen in Figs. II and IV.These beads also serve to hold the cushion-strips 14 into close contactwith the deiiector-flanges 5 and 10 at the outer sides of thesheet-metal upper and lower rails.

I claim as my invention- In a window, the combination .with the pane, ofa pair of Stiles, a sheet-metal upper rail secured to the upper ends ofsaid Stiles, a

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Sheet-metal lower rail seen-red to the lower flanges bear, and bead-stris bearing against ends of the Stiles and having upturned arms the otherside of the oushlon-strip, substan- 1o attached to the edges of theStiles, inturned tially as set forth.

defleotor-langes extendin@r from the outer f side of the rails to thepanne, Wooden ller- T ROBINSGN' strips located Within the rails, achannel- In presence ofshaped cushion-strip surrounding the pane A.DICKMANN,

and against one side of Which the defleotor- M. C. MURPHY.

